English:

Having this minority involved in Peacepainting is a pleasure: they are known to be a peaceful people.

They have been proficient in languages. One of the reasons was the way of life as nomads. They mastered Sami, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, but also German and English in connection with trade in east Finnmark. Therefore they were naturally often used as interpreters.

This shows in many ways life without both geographic and linguistic borders. There are ca. 700 people today within this minority. The majority live in Sevettijärvi in North Finland.

The pictures are taken from projects held in Neiden in Finnmark, Sevettijärvi in North Finland, together with Tuloma and Verkhnetulomskiy on the Kola Peninsula in Russia.